We want Rugby at the Olympic Games:

It is the best teamsport there is.

Why should Rugby be Olympic? First and foremost - unlike many other sports - it's a TEAM sport, each player relying on his/her mates to win.

It deserves to be there

it is full of energy and always entertaining. It is a sport that u will never get bored watching. U feel the passion end energy in the air. U believe anything is possible when u watch the mix of skill and pyhsicality. it is a sport for the courageous and one that will never die !

It's quick, fast, energetic and requiers a lot of skill!

because its awesome

Rugby is a international sport played and watch by millions of fans. Numbers do count

its a suitable sport for the olympics and its fast an it has alot of support

Because it's a world renound sport, and will only benifit youngsters, and maby give them a new dream of a Gold medal.

its a chance for true athletes, gladiators, in the classic sense of the word, going back to olympic roots in greece, to compete on the worlds greatest stage!

Embodies all the values of the Olympics. Great team sport, showcasing true physical ability.

I will bring more exitement to the Olympics

Its Awesome!

Rugby is one of the most supported sports in the world and deserves to be part of the international sport games - Olympics.

Sevens rugby would bring and add even more of the old Olympic festival feel to the games once again. It would also attract many more spectators to the games that would surely not only go and enjoy the rugby but many other Olympic featured sporting events.

It has a HUGE following throughout the worls - much more that hockey or tennis.

It is a truly global sport, played and enjoyed by people on all continents!! Its a great team sport, with lots of excitiment, camradi, festival spirit and played by great athletes

Because its better than soccer and you let them bore the crap out of us!

It will help with the development of the game. This is a fast paced game that includes skill, power, and excitement. At this level the tradition of smaller players with skill still exist and this allow a wader range of countries to play.

WORLD SPORT

it is exciting, fills the stadiums and is a global game

There is no other sport that can compare with the sam exitement. Try it

it will be a great event for all rugby nations. there are a lot of rugby nations and they should all participate to find the Olympic champions.

Best team game in the world.

Great game which everyone can watch.

hugely entertaining and skillfull game

It's a phenomenal game and having the shorter, faster pace sevens version of it in the Olympics will certainly create a lot of interest. Further if one looks at the Petition Map, the most active countries are some that are not necessarily seen as the traditional "powerhouses" of the game, yet there is still immense interest shown from them!

Rugby is more then a game, its a way of life for many, and it certainly can teach some great life lessons to many other. Rugby will definately get more people interested into the Olympics as a whole, and thats what rugby does. It makes everybody winners, in one way or the other. Thanx. MJ Warne

best game in the world,this is were the boys become men

It is a truly global game that is fast and attractive. On any given day any one of 10 or more teams can win. playing fields are level and it makes for a great contest. If it becomes an olympic sport it will become more competitive and also add value to the event.

Quick team sport. Easy to arrange normal tornament 2-3 days

making it an Olympic sport will show the world just how seriously sevens rugby should be taken! GO BOKKE!

Rugby is becoming a international game with a lot fans over the world and it will be great for development.

It is a well supported game rich in tradition and keeps fans on edge. All attributes to the olympic spirit.

It's exciting, it has a very high spectator value. Provides an significance to a nations that would have been marginalized, has played a role in uniting different cultures, esp in South Africa. finally because I am a fan.

It is a high class spectator sport and it epitomises the athletic ideals of the Olympic movement

Sevens rugby is a sport that has brought people together from different social backrounds, race, and ethnic groups. The spirit in which the game is played is unbelievable and incorporates the Olympic ethos.

Rugby is clean. There are no drugs in the sport like so many of the other sports. Lets honour honesty in sport.

Because the players deserve it, the fans deserve it!

Best sport EVER!!

Expand the game with its nation building roles.

So that South Africa can also win the rugby Olympics

because

It's a team sport. If you want to be the best,you must play against the best..

Give me a reason why not?! It is played worldwide and is just a fantastic game.

b`couse its the only sport that is not fake

It is a great sport to play and watch

The sevens code will enhanced rugby to rest of the world & it is fast ,attractive & can be completed in s short span of time - played by both male & female go Rugby

every sport has a right to be ackwonledged it the highest level

Rugby is a sportcode just like athletics, why not include it.

Because of the excitement,pure skill,creative ability that the rugby athletes will bring into this great athletic event.

It is a teamsport event for the fans just as soccer

It is a very competitive, entertaining sport that require a high level of fitness, conditioning and skill.

Why not!!!! It's a great sport, and joins people together.

Promotes fair play and can unite a nation

The Olympic games as well as rugby will benefit from it.

Why not, its a sport that so many in the world LOVE, and are mad about Rugby.

Because it is a spectacular game and players must have lot of ball sense and be on a high level of fitness to done well in the game. It will also draw lots of crowds to the Olympic's. Please we want to see it a Olympic Sport. We Love Sevens Rugby.

Rugby is one of the biggest sports globall, well supported!

It is fast becomming a truely international sport and can therefore no longer be ignored

It's the only team game that truly reflects a competitive spirit in which a team plays as a team, and whilest individual brilliance is recognised, it's the team that comes first. Also, rugby is simply terrific! And so full of adrenaline!